Reversible striatal hypermetabolism in a
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Dr. Serge Goldman; Dina Amrom; Henri B. Szliwowski; Dominique Detemmerman; Sylvi
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract We studied a 10‐year‐old girl with Sydenham's chorea (SC) using positron emission tomography (PET) with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). Choreic movements involved the head and the left side of her body. PET showed increased glucose metabolism in the right caudate nucleus and putamen. Three mo